As shown in the figure below, you have a hollow spherical shell of radius R with a total charge uniformly spread over its surface. At the center of this hollow sphere is a point charge 2Q. (a) Find an expression for the electric field E(r) in every region. Make sure to include the direction of the vector! (b) Draw a graph of the magnitude of the electric field as a function of distance r from the central charge. Make sure to label your axes, and be as accurate as you can! (c) Find an expression for the electric potential at the surface of the shell (r = R). %3D

As shown in the figure below, you have a hollow spherical shell of radius R with a total charge uniformly spread over its surface. At the center of this hollow sphere is a point charge 2Q. (a) Find an expression for the electric field E(r) in every region. Make sure to include the direction of the vector! (b) Draw a graph of the magnitude of the electric field as a function of distance r from the central charge. Make sure to label your axes, and be as accurate as you can! (c) Find an expression for the electric potential at the surface of the shell (r = R). %3D

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As shown in the figure below, you have a hollow spherical shell of radius R with a total charge Q
uniformly spread over its surface. At the center of this hollow sphere is a point charge 2Q.
(a) Find an expression for the electric field E(r) in every region. Make sure to include the direction of
the vector!
(b) Draw a graph of the magnitude of the electric field as a function of distance r from the central
charge. Make sure to label your axes, and be as accurate as you can!
(c) Find an expression for the electric potential at the surface of the shell (r = R).
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